Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-03-11
THE ANNEXATION BILL.

menclng 40 point In the middle of the
main channel of Snake river due west of
the headwaters of Rabbit creek; thence
due east to the headwaters of Rabbit
creek; thence down the middle of said
Rabbit creek to its junction with Sal
mon riveri thence up the middle of said
Salmon river to the junction of Horse
creek; thence up the middle of said
Horse creek to the junction of the East
Fork of said creek thence up the mid
die of said East Fork of Horse creek to
the crest of the Bitter Root range of
mountains, be and Is hereby annexed to
Washington territory Provided, that the
people of that portion of Idaho territory
hereby annexed to w. T., shall in no
wise be released from the payment of
their just portion of the bonded indebt-
edness of Idaho territory; and in ascer-
tanning such bonded Indebtedness there
shall be deducted therefrom the amount
of money in the territorial treasury at
the time of the passage of this act And
provided further, That the auditor of each
county wholly or partially within such
portion shall, as such indebtedness may
become due and payable, draw his war
rant or warrants on the treasurer of his
county, in favor of the treasurer of the
territory of Idaho, for such. proportion
of such Indebtedness as the assessed
valuation of the property therein shall
then bear to the assessed valuation of
all the property of said territory and
said detached portion.
SEC. 2.-That within sixty days after
the passage of this act the territorial
auditor of w. t., and the territorial
comptroller and territorial treasurer of
!. t., shall meet at the offices of the
territorial comptroller and territorial
treasurer of 1. T., at Boise city, and
shall ascertain and determine from the
books and records of said offices the
exact amount of said bonded indebted
ness and the time when the same or any
and every portion thereof shall become
due, and after deducting ther efrom the
amount of money found to have been
in the treasury at the time of the pass
age of this act, to fix the several pro.
portions justly due and to become due
from the several counties and portions
Of counties detached from Idaho and
attached to w. t. as provided in section
one of this act. They shall also in like
manner apportion the cost of keeping
the territorial prisoners under sentence
and in prison at the date of the passage
of this act, at the present cost rate of
keeping the same, to the expiration of
their several terms of sentence, and the
territorial comptroller and territorial
treasurer of Idaho, on the irst day of
each month. shall make out an itemised
bill of the cost of keeping said portion
of prisoners, and shall certify to the cor
rectness thereof and forward the same
TO the auditor of w 4, who shall draw
his warrant on the territorial treasurer |
Of w L in favor of the territorial trea-
surer of I for the amount thereof, not |
to exceed the cost of maintaining and
keeping said proportion Of prisoners at
the date of the passage of this act.
SEC. 3.-That all insane persons who
at the date of the passage of this act are
to that portion of l T which
at that time being cared for at the ex-
pense of 7, shall be transferred to the
hospital for the insane of w T.
SEC. 4.-That from and after the pass
age of this act the government of the
territory of Idaho shall continue unim-
paired, with the boundaries of said ter
ritory changed as herein provided; and
to the holding of the next
general election, the governor, secretary,
president of the council,
md speaker of the house of representa-
ives of said territory, or majority of
hem, shall subdivide the territory into
he requisite number of legislative dist.
lets of convenient size, to be composed
IF single counties or of several adjoining
80 as to apportion, as nearly
10 practicable, the representation in each
branch of the legislative assembly
lmong the different districts according
o population: Prorfded, That until 9TH
'rwise provided by law, the legislative
districts of that portion annexed to w
by this act shall be and remain as now
ixed by law, and the number of the
members composing the legislative as
emily ofW I is hereby increased to
fifteen members ofthe council and TWEEN
y.nine members of the house of repre-
entatives.
SEC. 5.-That until otherwise provi-
led by law, the judges of the supreme i,
curt of the territory of idaho shall SUBJ
liyide said territory into as many judi
ial districts as there are judges of said
onrt and shall in like manner assign